Think you for being so patient. I'm sorry for not updating.

Personal reasons.

The next day Mai and Naru and the rest of the gang were in their cars with Masako in the front car giving Gene instructions on how to get there.

The sun was nearly setting when they arrived in front of the house. Mai, Naru and Gene changed in to their cats. Lin went over to them and whispered, "stay here until I come and get you." Naru nodded his head.

The three cats watched the scene from the car. Then Mai couldn't take it any longer. She managed to get the door open. Naru and Gene looked at each other. How did she do that? Gene asked. Naru shrugged he had a grin on his face. That's my girl. He thought.

Luckily the door was open so she could slip in without people noticing her. "Why did you put a curse on those rings?" Lin asked.

"I think you know the answer to that question." The woman answered staring at Masako.

"I want to hear it from you." Lin said, getting really annoyed and frustrated.

"Destiny..." The woman was distracted by Masako.

"What about destiny?" Monk-san was also getting frustrated.

"Are you the third cat?" The woman asked Masako who shook her head.

Without warning Mai jumped up on to the table baring her teeth her the strange woman. "She is. She is also pregnant and thanks to you and the curse she has to give birth in her cat form. She wants to give birth like any normal human being. She is angry because her children will have the same curse has her. And the unborn cub's father is not all that happy and neither is their uncle or me, their aunt. Neither of us don't like you. And we want to you to remove the curse. NOW!"

The woman grinned an evil grin as she stood up then she dropped something on the floor and with a big bang smoke came out from the ground blocking their view of the woman. The gang coughed and waved their hands in front of them trying to clear their vision.

When the smoke disappeared the woman was gone Mai roared in frustration. Monk-san pulled her in to a hug. "We'll find her again." He whispered in her ear.

"How? She vanished in to thin air." Masako asked.

"Psychics, Mediums, Sorcery." Monk-san replied. He let Mai go and looked down at her. "Mai, can you get fix on her?"

Mai nodded her head and jumped off the table. She closed her eyes and sniffed the air.

The others looked at her. Lin-san looked at the Monk and asked in a soft whisper, "how did she get out of the car?"

"She taught herself how to open the door with her paws. We didn't lock the door." The Monk replied with a grin on his face.

Mai went around the room about three or four times but she couldn't get a trace on the woman. "Anything?" Ayako asked. Mai shook her head brushed her paw over her face over and over. Mai does this when she is frustrated with herself. "It's alright Mai you tried your best." Ayako stroked the leopard's soft fur.

"Let's go home. I will search for her again tomorrow." Masako said as she patted Mai's head gently.

They got back to the car the other leopards were sleeping in the back seat but they woke up when Mai jumped back in to the car and laid her head on the black panther's shoulder blades and sighed in frustration.

Naru looked at her then at his guardian and turned his head slightly to one side in a question. "We were so close to the woman but then she vanished and Mai tried to get a trace on her but she only got ours instead."

Naru turned to the grey leopard and licked the side of her stomach where his unborn child/children rested. You didn't fail. We'll get her. He said through thought. Mai licked him behind the ear and Gene head butted her in a brotherly affection.

Suddenly her mood change from annoyed to playful. She rolled over and swatted him on the head, making playful sounds in her throat.

Gene and Mai played in the back seat. Gene was ignoring his brother's warning growl. But the growling got louder did Gene look at his brother. Lighten up little brother, I won't hurt her.

She is carrying my children. Naru glared at his brother.

I won't hurt them. I'm being gentle. Right now it is Mai who is being rough. True enough Naru saw Mai bite Gene's ear hard and Gene yelped in pain.

Mai come back here to me. Naru thought to her gently. And Mai plopped back next to him.

The sun was up when Mai woke up in her bed. She was naked. She tried to get up but there was an arm wrapped across her waist and it tightened it hold on her as she tried to get up. "Rest, you need it. So do I. Lin, Madoka and Masako have gone to track the woman down. They'll be gone all day. Ayako said that you should rest. It's not good for the baby if your stressed out or frustrated."

The little snow leopard waited at the door with her tail twitching impatiently. Lin-san, Madoka and Masako were at the address where the woman who placed the curse on the rings.

Naru was licking his front paws so he can wash his face. Gene was trying to distract Mai by getting her to play with him. But she just ended up scratching him. Gene returned to Naru's said with a scratch in his bedroom. Naru grinned at him. I warned you... Naru did warn him about Mai's temper but Gene ignored the warning and now he is bleeding. Do you want to go for a walk? Gene asked through thought. Naru nodded and they went off. Mai, Gene and I are going for a walk would you like to come? Naru asked Mai but Mai shook her head. The orange leopard and the black leopard left.

Hours past and they still haven't returned and Mai fell asleep on the couch with her head resting on the arm rest so she can see the front door open.

Lin, Madoka and Masako were driving home frustrated, but at least they got some answers.

Lin held the woman by her shoulders and shook her. "How do we get rid of the curse? And don't think about disappearing before we get some answers."

The woman sighed and sat down then she waved her hand at them telling them to have a seat.

The woman turned to Masako. "Your birth father-" The woman began but Masako interrupted her. "We know that part."

"I fell pregnant I went over to tell him that the child was his but he wouldn't listen. He chucked me out on the street calling me a whore. I was walking along when I saw you birth mother who was pregnant with you, with your brothers they were going shopping. I wanted revenge so I quickly cast the curse on the rings. I just made it to the store and showed them the rings. Your brothers picked their rings but there was still one left. The next day a expecting mother came in wanting to by a ring and she picked the one with the curse. She brought it and put it on but nothing happened.

Then six years later the woman gave her daughter the ring just as she past away and from what I heard the daughter ran away from the orphanage because of the curse."

"How do we get rid of the curse?" Lin was getting frustrated with the woman.

Then the woman vanished in to thin air again...

Lin, Madoka and Masako wondered how they were going to tell the big cats that the woman got away again. The big cats hissed, growled and roared in frustration.

Nine months past and they hadn't found the strange woman. But they weren't concentrating on the woman they were concentrating on Mai. She was due any day now and Naru was being over protective, growling at anyone who dared to come near her.

Monk-san tried to get to his daughter but the black leopard growled at him. Ayako said that by the looks of her she is due in a week.

Monk-san sighed. "This is going to be a long week."

Again I'm sorry for not updating. And I'm sorry if this chapter was boring.

This is the second last chapter.

Please R&R.